At five o'clock in the morning, the 170th Division officially began its attack on the Japanese troops on the front line of Mafang.
Li Tong led a regiment and a battalion of the artillery regiment directly under the division and quietly sneaked to the rear of the Japanese blocking position two kilometers north of Mafang Town. There was a dry river less than a thousand meters away from the Japanese defense line. It is said that this
A stream originating from Maiden Mountain in the north, flowing all year round.
, the flow gradually decreased after the September 18th Incident, and completely stopped after the establishment of the Hebei East African Armed Zone. The locals said that the Japanese deliberately invaded China and cut off the dragon veins of the Maiden Mountain and the spiritual spring at the source.
If there is no living water in the spring, the river will naturally lose its vitality.
Li Tong lay down in the grass on the river bank, carefully raised his telescope, and carefully observed the movements of the Japanese troops in front. He saw shells rising one after another within more than 400 meters of Guogezhuang on the right front, and then pointed towards the southeast sky.
Flying away, a dull explosion sounded faintly in the night.
"Let's start!" Li Tong turned around, raised his hand, and signaled to the gunners manning twenty-five mortars lined up on the river bed.
Five seconds later, a scream of artillery shells rang out, falling exactly where the Japanese army kept flying artillery shells, blasting the unprepared Japanese artillery positions into a pile of earth and rocks and filling the air with gunpowder smoke.
Before the Japanese artillerymen could recover, another barrage of mortar shells rolled down, blasting the Japanese artillerymen who were lying on the ground observing the direction of the bombardment, sending their limbs flying and making them howl like ghosts and wolves.
There was almost no pause. The third overwhelming shell fell on the artillery position on the other side, blowing the Japanese soldiers who were adjusting the muzzle to pieces. Their limbs flew everywhere. Before the dust flying in the sky fell, the fourth mortar shell came again.
Falling in the same place, the Japanese artillery positions were in chaos.
After four rounds of shelling, the light and nimble mortars were put away, the firecrackers were lit and thrown into six oil barrels. Amidst the "cracking" sound, Li Tong shouted "withdraw" and then slid down the river embankment.
, running wildly along the river bed to the north at a speed of 100 meters.
In less than a minute, the Japanese artillery shells fell like a violent storm, and violent explosions and smoke rose into the sky. At the same time, the light and heavy machine guns on the Japanese position also began to fire, and dense bullets streaked through the air, hitting the river bank with smoke.
The wind was blowing wildly, grass and trees were flying everywhere, and the section of the river where Li Tong and others had just stood has now turned into a world filled with bullets and shell shrapnel, with thick columns of smoke rising straight into the sky.
After a five-minute shelling, the Japanese army mobilized two brigades and pushed towards the river bank.
While Li Tong led a team to attack the Japanese artillery positions, another feint attack force led by Fang Tianming also violently bombarded the Japanese defense line, which also attracted a coordinated counterattack by the Japanese infantry and artillery, which attracted a lot of attention from the Japanese army.
Taking this opportunity, Suikang led the main force of the 170th Division and quietly drove the troops five hundred meters away from the Japanese position. Especially the convoy of fifty military trucks made everyone pinch it in the palm of their hands.
Cold sweat. God bless, due to the constant sound of gunfire, the Japanese army did not notice Suikang's bold move. Soon the 170th Division formed along the bank of the dry river facing the enemy.
In the woods west of Liyang Village, Suikang quietly arranged the artillery units in place. Fifty "rocket launcher mounts" were placed in a straight line. The gunner corrected the angle and placed 600 rockets on them. At the same time, a hundred "rocket launcher mounts" were placed on them.
The "explosive charge ejector" was also prepared, and the pieces of explosive charge were placed in place.
At 5:10, following an order, rockets were ignited one after another, and streaks of fire shot into the sky, dragging beautiful smoke and flying towards the target. The roar of "Shhh..." was heard in the sky.
The troops on the north and south wings of the Japanese defense line, which were deploying in offensive formation, were stunned by the sudden roar. They didn't know what the screams were, and they looked up at the sky above Mafang Town in stunned silence.
I saw these strange artillery shells, dragging their long tails like broom stars, flying into the 150mm howitzer position of the third brigade of the Japanese Field Heavy Artillery in the north of Mafang Town with extremely clear trajectories. The entire night sky was filled with
Illuminated by rocket fire, the sky turned red.
Six hundred rockets were like a storm, accompanied by screams, huge roars, and dazzling fire, sweeping through the Japanese artillery positions. Sections of trenches were filled with soil rolled up by the powerful shock wave.
to protect artillery positions
The barbed wire fence was overturned into the air, bricks and stones were flying, and the flames were rising. Countless limbs and broken arms were flying into the air with the soil. The area of nearly one square kilometer was all violently exploding and burning, like
There is a fire storm in the sky!
Without any hesitation, the second attack was launched again. The target of this attack was the regiment-level mountain artillery and field artillery positions exposed on both wings of the Japanese army.
In order to facilitate the supply of ammunition, the Japanese army arranged three artillery positions, the third field heavy artillery brigade and the artillery regiments attached to the two divisions, within four kilometers north and south of Mafang Town. They happened to be in the center of the rocket launcher.
Attack range.170
In the mortar attack that the division was responsible for on both wings of the feint attack, the two artillery regiments suffered considerable losses. Then they saw the friendly forces suffered a devastating blow. They were stunned for a while before they woke up and hurriedly adjusted the muzzles. Unfortunately, the rockets had already
fell on the head.
The rockets were like fire from hell. Wherever they went, barbed wire fences and simple barriers flew away, rubble and debris collapsed. The most terrifying thing was that rockets containing calcium, barium, magnesium powder and magnesium-aluminum alloy powder were concentrated on a large scale.
After it landed on a certain artillery position and exploded and burned, a vacuum was formed in the air above that position, causing soldiers who had escaped the rocket attack to suffocate to death.
After that, the deafening explosion lasted for more than ten minutes. It was not until all the rockets completed ten rounds of salvos that they gradually became silent.
After the Japanese artillery positions were hit by rockets like a violent storm, the ammunition depots were exploded again, just like they had been hit by a hurricane, showing a terrible post-catastrophe scene everywhere.
Covering several square kilometers, there are mutilated corpses of soldiers who were killed everywhere. Instead, there are steel cannons. Because this simple rocket does not cause shrapnel damage after a normal bomb explosion, many of them have been preserved.
Many superstitious Japanese officers and soldiers near the artillery position, after several rounds of rocket salvoes, were so frightened by the strange scenes that they knelt down on the ground and worshiped toward the eastern sky, praying that their god Amaterasu would appear and disperse them.
The magic used by the Chinese *** team.
Of course, the Japanese commander did not think this was magic. Seeing the heavy losses to the artillery and the troops under his command who had been hit by the Chiyu disaster, he immediately mobilized the army and launched an all-out attack to eliminate the mysterious artillery unit of the Chinese Army.
At this moment, the Japanese army's defense line, which they thought was impregnable, began to loosen.
...
"After all, An Jiajun still has room to fight back at this time, which is amazing!"
As soon as Ishikawa Hiroshi saw the bombardment suddenly stop, and then heard the violent explosions coming from the western sky, he knew that things had happened again.
However, for the Japanese army at this time, even without the help of artillery, Ishikawa Koichi was confident of annihilating the Anjia army. After all, the opponent was already a tired army. If the opponent could not be eliminated under such circumstances, then the only way to occupy China was to
It is a dream that can never be achieved.
Masaharu Honma had already restored her elegant demeanor when her side had the advantage. When she saw Koichi Ishikawa mobilizing his troops, he quickly approached and asked:
"Ishikawa-kun, what should I do now?"
Ishikawa Hiroshi nodded and waved vigorously towards the hilltop where the Anjia Army was located: "Homma-kun, give the order to attack! Concentrate the forces of my two divisions and overwhelm the Anjia Army's defense line in one fell swoop. We will fight this battle immediately.
We are going to win!"
"Is this really true? Great!" Masaharu Honma was overjoyed and immediately ordered the staff to issue an order for a full-scale attack.
Soon, five or six flares rose in the sky, and a deafening "board" sound was heard throughout the western foothills of Panshan Mountain. The Japanese army, like a tide, ferociously attacked the Chinese Army's position, which had already been riddled with shelling holes.
Pounced, and the fiercest battle since the encounter began immediately.
...
Chiang Kai-shek stayed up all night, Xianghe fell, Pinggu fell, Sanhe fell, Tongxian fell, Yanjiao fell, Xiadian fell, Huangcun fell, bad news came one after another.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese troops entered Beiping City from Tongxian and Daxing respectively, and engaged in fierce battles with the defenders. Prior to this, the theater headquarters and the Peiping camp had just been transferred. If they had moved a step later, several lieutenant generals and generals
It is possible that the Japanese army would block the city of Peiping.
After Shen Fengdao rushed to the Qilu, he immediately rushed to the Military Commission. Chiang Kai-shek, who was holding an emergency military meeting, immediately called Railway Minister Wang Jiashan. What he received was that the railway capacity was tight and trains could not be dispatched in time.
Wang Jiashan complained: "In the past few days, the traitors have wreaked havoc along Jinpu Road and Pinghan Road, attacking trains many times, blasting railway bridges, and Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road have frequently interrupted operations. Under the current situation, short-term
Within a short period of time, a large number of special trains were dispatched to Bengbu to load the troops heading north. We have more than enough ambition but not enough power!"
Chiang Kai-shek was a little displeased and suppressed his anger and asked: "Can you temporarily put aside all the matters at hand and fully deal with the deployment of the army? The war in North China is now tense, and without the addition of manpower, our army will fall into an extremely passive situation."
Wang Jiashan smiled bitterly: "Jie Gong, the problem now is not something we can do well if we want to. How long will it take to transfer trains from Pinghan Road? What about the supplies to the various departments along Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road? And what about the supply of various departments along Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road?
Other troops who were ordered to relocate to Shijiazhuang and Baoding
Did the team transport its goods? In addition, as the situation in Pingjin and Tianjin rapidly deteriorated, a large number of people bought train tickets going south to escape the war. What if their needs cannot be met and riots occur? All of these must be considered comprehensively.
ah!"
"How long will it be at the latest when a special train can be dispatched? Please give me an exact time!" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a tight face.
Wang Jiashan calculated in his heart and said sternly: "The fastest is ten days, and the train cannot fully meet the demand. It will have to run a few more times."
"If North China falls into the hands of the Japanese because the New Second Army failed to move north in time, who will bear the responsibility?" Chiang Kai-shek asked sternly.
"Even if I are replaced, I will still say one thing and two things." Wang Jiashen met Chiang Kai-shek's gaze without fear.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to turn to Shen Feng and said: "Feng Dao, you go back first, and I will coordinate with you to see how to solve this matter. Tell An Yi to take good care of his health. Resisting Japan is not something that happens overnight. I will wait for Xu Xutu That’s it, everything will get better when your body is better.”
"yes!"
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek had indeed tried his best, Shen Fengdao no longer forced himself, saluted and left.